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AUTHOR(S): Moshtagh Khorasani, Manouchehr TITLE: The Development of Controversies SUBTITLE: From the Early Modern Period to Online Discussion Forums SERIES: Linguistic Insights. Studies in Language and Communication, Band 91. YEAR: 2009 PUBLISHER: Peter Lang AG ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/20/20-422.html

AUTHOR(S): Narrog, Heiko TITLE: Modality in Japanese SUBTITLE: The layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories SERIES: Studies in Language Companion Series 109 YEAR: 2009 PUBLISHER: John Benjamins ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/20/20-735.html

EDITOR(S): Rohdenburg, Günter; Schlüter, Julia TITLE: One Language, Two Grammars? SUBTITLE: Differences between British and American English YEAR: 2009 PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/20/20-938.html

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